Cars that guzzle oil

Consumer Reports has listed 30 cars with model years 2010 to 2014 as top oil burners. The worst are the BMW 5, 6, and 7 Series and X5; the Porsche Panamera and Cayenne; and the Audi A3, A4, A5, A6, Q5, and S4. You can get the complete list on

New Car Safety Ratings Explained

What that means, Trowbridge says, is consumers can't make a direct comparison between 2011 and newer models and those made from 1990 to 2010. Since 2011, NHTSA The 2015 Audi Q5 undergoes small overlap frontal crash testing at IIHS. (Insurance

Audi E-Tron Quattro Concept

Really devoted Audi fans are probably scratching their heads on seeing this name, since it was already used for a concept that was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in 2010. That concept was . Its length is between that of the Audi Q5 and the Q7

Volvo XC T6 Drive-E crossover makes elegance standard

After years of stagnation under Ford ownership, it was bought in 2010 by the Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely and the money's been pouring in ever since. It's an $11-billion commitment to turning the company and its cars around while staying committed

PH motorization just around the bend

Mercedes-Benz has two new offerings in this segment as well: the GLE which replaces the ML nomenclature but with visual tweaks and updates, and the GLC which replaces the GLK, both in nomenclature and as an all-new model, ready to duke it out with the

It wants to make the best — and safest — car you can buy. It’s an $11-billion commitment to turning the company and its cars around while staying committed to safety. That sort of thing takes time, but now the relatively long-in-the-tooth XC60 crossover has a pair of new “Drive-E” engines, and they’re quite the development. The T5 Drive-E is a highly efficient 2. 0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder that’s good for a very respectable 240 horsepower and 258 lbs. My father also owned a Volvo, about as many years ago, and he hated it because it fell apart on him. Few other vehicles would have lasted as long as my dad’s much-abused Volvo. of torque and is only available with all-wheel drive, but the Drive-E is only available with front-wheel drive. Who wants a FWD Volvo in Canada. That was the other reason my dad hated his Volvo. I didn’t think of that long-ago accident until I sat in the XC60 and considered how impressed my dad would be with this new car. He wouldn’t care about front-wheel drive. Source: www.thestar.com

Powertrains include a turbocharged 220-hp four-cylinder, a zesty supercharged 272-hp V-6, a torquey 240-hp diesel V-6, and even a fuel-efficient—although pricey—hybrid. In true Audi fashion, the Q5 is elegantly styled and boasts standard-setting fit and finish. Instrumented Test – 2014 Audi Q5 TDI Diesel Your typical new-car launch consists of a dozen or so juvenile-minded writers driving cars they don’t own, burning fuel they didn’t pay for, on roads that have in part been selected for their limited... It’s a suitable arrangement for evaluating a car’s major attributes: acceleration, handling, ride quality, interior quietness, and so on—everything except fuel economy. But when efficiency is a vehicle’s top selling point, as it is with the 2014 diesel-powered Audi Q5 , automakers do their best to rein in the aggression and keep that message top of mind. When we first drove its new Q5 TDI late this summer, Audi pulled out an old industry standby created just for this occasion: a fuel-economy challenge, with prizes for the winners. The first includes the handful who treat the contest as if they were invited to take a half-court shot for a million bucks, and we fall into the other, shrugging off the game and driving the car as we would any other. Source: www.caranddriver.com

SPYSHOTS: 2017 Audi Q5 spotted testing in Spain

... like the people at Audi are really taking advantage of the summer sun – a prototype of the second-generation 2017 Audi Q5 has been spotted running about in Spain by our spy photographers once again. Less than a month ago, we were provided with ...

Mercedes-AMG To Go Hybrid by 2020

Mercedes-AMG models will have hybrid powertrains by the end of the decade. According to the German automaker’s head of research and development, Thomas Weber, hybrid AMG performance cars could be on sale by 2020 due to increasing pressure on the ...

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